Guenther v. City of Des Moines

This is an action in equity, to enjoin the appellant city from enforcing the lien of a special assessment against the property of appellee for a portion of the cost of grading a street abutting upon property owned by her in the city of Des Moines. The resolution of necessity declared:

“That it is deemed advisable and necessary to open,Washington Avenue from the east line of Bast Twenty-ninth Street to the east line of Bast Thirty-third Street, and the following tracts of ground are hereby designated as a street and dedicated to the public for street purposes;” and

“That the cost and expense to…